intractability

English

Etymology

From intractable +‎ -ity or in- +‎ tractability.

Pronunciation

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Noun

intractability (countable and uncountable, plural intractabilities)

1. The state of being intractable; intractableness.

Translations

(of people) the state of being intractable

Bulgarian: непокорност f (nepokornost) Dutch: eigenzinnigheid (nl) f, eigenwijsheid (nl) f, eigengereidheid (nl) f, onhandelbaarheid f, balsturigheid f, onmeegaandheid f Irish: docheansaitheacht f, domhúinteacht f Manx: neulhoobid m, neusmaghtid m Spanish: intratabilidad f

(of things) the state of being intractable

Bulgarian: неподатливост (bg) f (nepodatlivost) Dutch: lastigheid f, hardnekkigheid (nl) f Irish: docheansaitheacht f, (please verify) domhúinteacht f Manx: neulhoobid m, neusmaghtid m Spanish: intratabilidad f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intractability”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “intractability”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.